Graham Starsage, organizer of this year’s Earth Day writes: “Thank you for helping throw one of the best Earth Day events ever!
“Easily it was the event with the greatest attendance in our 29-year history. I estimated 2,000 during the course of the day. There were approximately 100 people who used the SCRD musical shuttle buses and the bike repair team fixed 36 bikes! We had over 55 organizations participate and at least 100 volunteers. It takes every amazing individual to make our community the vibrant and excellent place it is to live. Let every day be Earth Day.”
Also a special thanks from Community School organizer Sheila Wilson who writes: “We are pleased to have the SCRD building permit for our outdoor pavilion now on file and in process. A huge thanks to Will Richardson and Dale Allenback of Sunco Civil Engineering, who combined efforts to engineer and certify the design of the pavilion. Thanks to all of the recent volunteer work and donations, including the promise of crusher dust from Elpinstone Aggregates. We are so grateful to receive sufficient cedar logs for post and ample cedar board for the living roof decking from Beach Avenue residents Don and Marguerite McGregor.
“We hope to begin building this month and will be looking for skilled and unskilled volunteers. We are currently looking for a dump truck to deliver two loads of crusher dust and are in need of wood chips for the garden beds (to add to Fleming Tree Expert offer) and paths. We are also trying to find living roof materials: pond liner, filter cloth, a drain layer and suitable soil. If you have any of the above, if you would like to be on our mailing/volunteer list, or if you are in a position to financially support the garden, please contact Sheila Wilson at [email protected]. Thank you all for your support!”
The Roberts Creek Busi-ness Promotion Committee is inviting anybody in business in Roberts Creek to a get together with fellow business owners at the Gumboot Café on May 31 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The committee is a new initiative of the Roberts Creek Community Association. Financial support for the evening is from the Sunshine Coast Regional Economic Development Organization (investsunshinecoast.ca).
Available at the meeting will be the 2018-19 Roberts Creek Directory. This year the directory lists 150 businesses and enterprises in the Creek, says organizer Lesley Roberts. As well as her involvement with the new Business Promotion Committee and this year’s Directory, Lesley has just announced that she’ll be organizing Creek Days in August. If you want to help with Creek Days contact her at Eco-Freako 604-399-8103. Lesley, with partner Rob, is the busy owner of Eco-Freako, a unique store in the Heart of the Creek filled with an intriguing mix of offerings including Lesley’s handmade organic cotton coffee filters.
Welcome Wagon team leader Laurie Faulkner invites anyone new to Roberts Creek (and the Coast) and also any expectant mother or new parent with a baby under one year, to contact her to receive a welcome basket packed full of goodies and information about the Coast. Welcome Wagon has 30 sponsors Coast-wide. To receive a welcome basket, contact Laurie at 604-741-1557 or [email protected].
Playing at the Gumboot Café Saturday night, May 12 at 8 p.m. is The Living End. Tickets are $15.
Tuesday, May 15 is the next Roberts Creek Legion’s popular Jam Night from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Dinner is served ($12) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The jam is hosted by house band A.D.D. Bring your own instruments.
This month’s Creative in the Creek at the Gumboot Café will be held Thursday evening, May 17. Door at 7 p.m.; entertainment from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The Burying Ground is playing live in concert on Saturday, May 19 also at the Gumboot. Doors at 7:30 p.m.; music at 8 p.m. By donation ($10 to $20).
The Roberts Creek Community School continues to call for young babies for their Roots of Empathy program (www.rootsofempathy.org). The program is now offered in all nine elementary schools on the Coast. If you are the parents of a baby born May to September 2018 and are interested in participating in this worthwhile program, call Sheila Wilson at 604-885-3481 or [email protected].
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